It’s a model she says needs replication — and fast — with housing pressures building in the city.

“We very much realize that anyone of us can be homeless and all it takes is for something to change in our lives, and that spiral happens very quickly.”

But she says while it’s progress, the city still lacks a much-needed homeless shelter.

“Shelter, transitional housing, supportive housing. It’s all a continuum. Each one has their important part to assist people, and we have Burnaby citizens who are needing to go elsewhere to get the housing that they desperately need.”